In the 2010-2011 season, Ricci guided the U18 team to the CAHA State Championship, Rocky Mountain District Championship and a third place finish at the USA Hockey National Tournament. They finished the season with a 58-7-9 record. His team had four players commit to NCAA Division I schools to play college hockey.
Israel Population Now 8.2 Million - 75% Are Jewish. Since last Independence Day Israel's population has grown by a whopping 157,000, and now totals 8,180,000. Since last Independence Day, the Central Bureau of Statistics said Thursday, Israel's population has grown by 157,000, and now totals 8,180,000. Jews account for 75% of that total, with the Jewish population standing at 6,135,000.
The preliminary census figures show there are 3.76 million Palestinians in the West Bank, Gaza and East Jerusalem, up from 2.89 million 10 years ago. Israel's population, which grew 5.17% over the same period to seven million, is almost twice as big as the Palestinian population. But in the West Bank the dominance is reversed, with two million Palestinians and just 250,000 Israelis.